The following is a list of grants that are offered through the Office of Child Care.
Grants are available throughout the year and have definitive opening and closing dates.
To see what grants are currently available, click here.
Safe Passages and Safe Passages II Grants, funded through TANF, were created to take an overall youth development approach to out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention. The grants are focused on programs serving Junior High and Middle School age youth. Each of these programs focuses on a minimum of two prevention components: healthy body/lifestyles, financial literacy, healthy human relationships, career exploration, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prevention.
Life Skills Grants, funded through TANF, were created to take an overall youth development approach to out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention. The grant funds are focused on programs that serve High School age youth. Each of these programs focuses on a minimum of two prevention components: healthy body/lifestyles, financial literacy, healthy human relationships, career exploration, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prevention.
The Baby Steps to Quality Infant/Toddler Care Project launched in July 2003 and continues to this date. The goals of the project are to increase the overall quality of center-based infant/toddler child care and to increase the availability of quality infant/toddler care. This project provides centers with funds for materials and equipment, staff training and a stipend to assist with other staff costs. Participating centers must meet increasingly higher quality standards as measured by the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale – Revised (ITERS-R). Centers who meet their quality goals are able to continue their participation.
Your local Child Care Resource & Referral administers a 'start-up' cost reimbursement program for Family Child Care Providers. Please contact your local CCR&R for more information.
Quality improvement grants are offered to licensed and some license-exempt child care providers. These grants vary in their focus and in the dollar amount from year to year. When grants are available, all eligible providers are notified by mail.
Special Needs Grant
